Jan Dawson

171 Articles

Thinking About Ad-Based Business Models

This week saw a furor over Unroll.me, a service which offers to…

Facebook’s Innovation Chasm

I’m writing this column on a plane on my way home from…

What I’m Looking For at Facebook’s F8

It’s that time of year again when the big developer events start.…

Who will be the Next TV Aggregators?

Pay-TV is essentially an aggregation play: providers bundle up channels from a…

The Future is Unevenly Distributed – Tech Should Fix That

William Gibson famously said, “the future is already here; it’s just not…

Google’s YouTube Advertiser Problem has No Easy Fix

Last week, UK advertisers, including the government, the Guardian newspaper, and various…

Facebook Is Trying Too Hard

Reading Time: 4 minutesFacebook got some criticism from prominent users over the…

Hamilton, Burr, Tech, and Trump

On Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger was asked at the Disney shareholders…

CEOs and the Company Cultures They Create

Over the past couple of weeks, the culture of one particular company…